(Complete Madhushala in Devnagri is available on my “Writings Page“. Check out the section “Hindi Poems by Others”)

Literal Translation (To the extent I could do it)

Where is that heavenly wine-maid, where is that scented wine, where is that dream-like wine-shop, where is that golden wine-glass! Alas! When have the drinkers recognized the value of wine? Then when the glass of wine has broken down and the tavern has crumbled.

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Jaya Jha is an entrepreneur, a techie, a writer and a poet. She was born and brought up in various towns of Bihar and Jharkhand. A graduate of IIT Kanpur and IIM Lucknow, she realized early on that the corporate world was not her cup of tea. In 2008, she started Pothi.com, one of the ﬁrst print-on-demand publishing platform in India.
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